51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Opera presents two popular fairy tales in the Paul Harris Theatre at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 13-15.
"Little Red Riding Hood," as realized by American composer Seymour Barab, stars Lacy Burchfield as Little Red; Nicole Thomas as Red's Mother and Grandmother; and Xavier Brown as the Big Bad Wolf.
Maurice Ravel's clever fantasy "L'enfant et les sortil?ges" tells the story of a little boy whose bad behavior makes his furniture start talking and turns his bedroom into a garden of singing plants and animals.
Olivia Sirota stars as the Bewitched Child. Cassandra O'Toole plays Fire, and Cheyna Alexander is the Princess. The singing animals include cats Jordan Madagame and Nicole Harris; dragonfly Breanna Lesure; owl Eliysheba Anderson; nightingale Bonita Bunt; and bat Stephanie Redman. Daveon Bolden and Rabuel Aviles are the tea set, Christophe Kennedy and Olivera Gjorgoska the Chairs; and Christopher Withrow is the Clock. Mark McCreery voices the Tree; Alex Price and Ashlee Ruder are the Shepherd and Shepherdess; and Edwin Cerna II portrays the child's math homework.
Stage director for the production is Linda Lister, who was recently named the winner of the 2014 American Prize in Directing. Music director Kosta Popovic is also pianist for the production, assisted by student pianist Jae Ahn-Benton. Under the direction of Kaitlin Simonson, Canarelli Middle School Chorus joins 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Opera as the chorus of numbers. Daniella Toscano designs the costumes, and Suzanne Stone and Gianni Becker are the stage management team.
Tickets
For tickets, visit or call the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Performing Arts Center at 702-895-ARTS (2787). General admission is $10, $8 for seniors/military/51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ faculty & staff, and free with student ID.
